Subject: Re: bug#28375: 25.1; The top line, with File, Edit, Options, Buffer etc. does not work. When selecting different pop-down menus it only shows a black rectangle instead of giving me the proper options to press.

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2017 14:24:47 -0400

PS maybe see also
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs25/+bug/1695228 ?